Building urban resilience and translating data into adaptation with Europe's first Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili

Of all extreme weather phenomenon, heatwaves and extreme heat events are the most closely correlated to climate change; and also the most deadly. Research conducted by the World Weather Attribution Group found that the Pacific Northwest Heatwave of June 2021 would have been virtually impossible absent the effects of global warming. Additionally, studies have shown that the US stands to lose up to $500billion per year as a result of lost "workability" as a result of the impacts of extreme heat.  Enter Eleni Myrivili. Appointed last year as the first Chief Heat Officer for the city of Athens, Greece, the first such role on the European continent, Ms. Myrivili is working to raise awareness of the impacts of extreme heat, in addition to implementing adaptive strategies to ensure that Athens and other cities around the world can increase their adaptive capacity and build resilience to the impacts of extreme heat events.  In this episode we discuss:  🏙 Ms. Myrivili's journey from Anthropology to urban climate r